Having been released from the colony on parole, not knowing where to go, she took the wrong address—and spent the night in the house of complete strangers.

— You’ve over-salted it again,” Nadezhda Petrovna demonstratively pushed the bowl of borscht aside. “At my age, food like this was simply considered sabotage.” Valeria clenched a napkin under the table. That borscht had taken three hours to make. “Sorry, I’ll be more careful next time,” Valeria replied quietly. “Apologies won’t make this slop edible,” […]

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Anastasia received an apartment as a gift from her parents for her twenty-fifth birthday. Small, but her own, in a good neighborhood, with decent neighbors.

Anastasia received an apartment as a gift from her parents for her twenty-fifth birthday. It was small, but her own, in a good neighborhood with decent neighbors. Her parents gave up nearly all their savings to buy their daughter a home. It was truly a gift from fate. At first, Anastasia could hardly believe that […]

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Having been released from the colony on parole, not knowing where to go, she took the wrong address—and spent the night in the house of complete strangers. That accident changed everything.

Kristina took a deep breath — the warm air was filled with the scent of freedom. This was her second meeting with it. The second time she was going out into the world. And the second time she had to learn to live anew. She twisted her mouth into a crooked smile. «It’s okay, hardships […]

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Hearing that his parents were coming to visit, the rich man begged a homeless girl to play the role of his fiancée for just one evening.

And when she entered the restaurant, her mother couldn’t believe her eyes…” “Have you completely lost it?” she almost shouted, recoiling as if caught red-handed. “Me? In this? Playing your fiancée? Yesterday, I was digging food out of the trash!” He calmly clicked the lock, closing the door, and, tiredly leaning against the wall, said: […]

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